> People want changes, but few of them are willing to accept the personal sacrifices that come with such changes. If by people you mean the average person, I d

> People want changes, but few of them are willing to accept the personal sacrifices that come with such changes. If by people you mean the average person, I don't agree with this line of reasoning, at least in the US. There's such a large and effective apparatus to perpetuate hegemony by corporate and media interests (in the Gramscian sense). I don't know if there's an effective mechanism for the collective average person to set the political agenda, and ironically the most prominent examples I've thought are the Trumpers (getting Trump elected) and QAnon (4chan conspiracy becoming so serious that it becomes a media talking point).